Pop Art Summary

Pop Art first started in Britain at during the 1950’s and a lot of the artists were interested in it. The 1950’s was the time where war was ending and the period of optimism. Eduardo Paolozzi’s exhibition in 1953 really helped influence Pop Art. His painting was call Parallel between Art and Life. Pop Art concided with youth and pop music mixed together. It became a very much fashionable swinging type of art. Famous artists are Elvis Presley, Beatles, David Hockney and etc. warhol_19_times.jpg

Andy Warhol- White Car Crash 19 times

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Andy Warhol- Vegetable Soup

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Andy Warhol- Big Electric Chair

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Andy Warhol- Flowers

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Lichtenstein, Roy- Whaam!


Questions
1) what time period did pop art first appear? What period of time was the Britain know for during the 1950s?
2) What did pop art merge with in the 1950s and the 60s?
3) In the painting, white car crash 19 times, what is the man in the car doing?
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